April 8, 2019 Flashcards by Lene Madsen

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Alentours

Les alentours sont vert.

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Surroundings

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Le blaireau

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Badger

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Les cheveux hirsutes

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Unkempt hair

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La mine

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Appearance/ exterior

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En cachette

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In secret

In hiding

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Chuchoter

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Whisper

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Sidéré

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Amazed

Staggered

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La penderie

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Wardrobe

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Alors que

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While

When

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Une/ un secouriste

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First aid worker

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Le bastingage

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Railing

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Le seuil

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Footstep

Threshold

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La neige est fondue

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The snow has melted

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S’il les avait gardées il aurait dû…

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If he had kept them he would have had to…

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Dans le monde de la politique

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In the political world

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Dans la chambre des communes

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In the legislature

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Je ne crois pas que c’est efficace que vous fassiez ça (subj)

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I don’t think it makes sense for you to do that

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La fouille a nue

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Strip search

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Les heures d’ouverture

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Opening hours

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Il leur avait donné la chance

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He gave them a chance/ an opportunity

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Le formulaire

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Application form

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Expérience pertinente

Pas relevante

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Relevant experience

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Mettre l’heure de la réunion dans l’agenda

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Put the time of the meeting in the agenda

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L’ordre du jour

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Agenda (as in for a meeting)

Discuter DE

Discuss

Décider DE

To decide

Des coupures financiers

Financial cuts | As in Doug Ford

En avril ne te découvre pas un fil

In April don’t wear a single stitch less (expression)

Venter à écorner les bœufs

Very windy (expression)

Le diable est aux vaches

Something is being messed up? (Expression)

Être une que de veau

When a parent has ten million things to do (expression)

La météo fait des siennes

« Interesting weather » (expression)

Dériver

To be adrift | To drift

Épousseter

To dust off

Racheter

To buy some more of

Se rembrunir

To darken | To cloud over

Aumônier

Chaplain

La malle

Trunk

Le marécage

Swamp

Le couvercle

Lid | Cover

Trôner

To be enthroned | Dit prominently

La recrudescence

Worsening | New outbreak

En amont que

Upstream Ahead of Takes subjunctive

Prôner | Prônant

To advocate, extol | Advocating

Une mère poule

A real mother hen | Attentive mother